Children at work MCQ Questions Class 8 English Supplementary Chapter 2
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Children at work MCQ Questions Class 8 English Supplementary Chapter 2
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Question 1:
How old was Velu?
(i) Fifteen
(ii) Ten
(iii) Twelve
(iv) Eleven
Answer:
(iv) Eleven.
Question 2:
From where did Velu run away?
(i) Home
(ii) Work
(iii) School
(iv) None of these
Answer:
(i) Home.
Question 3:
Name the train Velu transported to?
(i) Kaziranga express
(ii) Telengana express
(iii) Kanyakumari express
(iv) Bagh express
Answer:
(iii) Kanyakumari express.
Question 4:
Where was Velu stopped by train?
(i) Hyderabad
(ii) Andhra Pradesh
(iii) Chennai
(iv) Delhi
Answer:
(iii) Chennai.
Question 5:
“Oy, out of the way!” – who said this?
(i) The girl
(ii) Porter
(iii) Velu
(iv) Passengers
Answer:
(ii) Porter.
Question 6:
The meaning of ‘wobbly’ –
(i) Moving
(ii) Stopped
(iii) Aching
(iv) Unsteady
Answer:
(iv) Unsteady.
Question 7:
Where had he never seen so many people?
(i) Platform
(ii) Village
(iii) Market
(iv) Party
Answer:
(i) Platform.
Question 8:
Velu had never seen so many people before except in –
(i) School
(ii) Fair in village
(iii) Big malls
(iv) None of these
Answer:
(ii) Fair in village.
Question 9:
‘The noise was ——.’
(i) High
(ii) Wired
(iii) Terrible
(iv) All of these
Answer:
(iii) Terrible.
Question 10:
How was Velu feeling in the platform?
(i) Good
(ii) Miserable
(iii) Exhausted
(iv) Both (ii) & (iii)
Answer:
(iv) Both (ii) & (iii).
Question 11:
‘He had run away from his village ——– ago’
(i) Three days
(ii) Two days
(iii) Four days
(iv) Two weeks
Answer:
(ii) Two days.
Question 12:
What did Velu eat within two days?
(i) A piece of breed
(ii) Peanuts
(iii) A piece of jaggery
(iv) Both (ii) & (iii)
Answer:
(iv) Both (ii) & (iii).
Question 13:
What was Velu carrying in his bundle?
(i) Shirt
(ii) Towel
(iii) Comb
(iv) All of these
Answer:
(iv) All of these.
Question 14:
Where did he walked for most of the first day?
(i) Kanur
(ii) Coorg
(iii) Ooty
(iv) Varkala
Answer:
(i) Kanur.
Question 15:
Why Velu did not buy a ticket?
(i) Because he was tired
(ii) Because he did not know how to buy ticket
(iii) Because he had no money
(iv) All of these
Answer:
(iii) Because he had no money.
Question 16:
“Aiy! What, new to town ch?” – Who said this?
(i) Ticket collector
(ii) A girl
(iii) Porter
(iv) Velu
Answer:
(ii) A girl.
Question 17:
What was the girl wearing?
(i) Gown
(ii) Frock
(iii) Shorts
(iv) Banian
Answer:
(iv) Banian
Question 18:
The girl’s hair was –
(i) Stiff
(ii) Brown
(iii) Both (i) & (ii)
(iv) None of these
Answer:
(iii) Both (i) & (ii).
Question 19:
What was the girl carrying on her one shoulder?
(i) Huge sock
(ii) Bag
(iii) Plastic
(iv) All of these
Answer:
(i) Huge sock.
Question 20:
What was the girl collecting from the platform?
(i) Books
(ii) Money
(iii) Plastic cups
(iv) Papers
Answer:
(iii) Plastic cups.
Question 21:
Who asked Velu his name?
(i) One passenger
(ii) Ticket collector
(iii) Porter
(iv) The girl
Answer:
(iv) The girl.
Question 22:
Why did Velu run away from home?
(i) To learn skills
(ii) To get rid from his father’s beating
(iii) To study
(iv) None of these
Answer:
(ii) To get rid from his father’s beating.
Question 23:
Who takes away all the money that Velu earn?
(i) His father
(ii) His mother
(iii) His sister
(iv) The girl
Answer:
(i) His father.
Question 24:
Where did Velu’s father spend all their money?
(i) Buying groceries
(ii) Eating food
(iii) On drink
(iv) Buying woods
Answer:
(iii) On drink.
Question 25:
Did Velu go with the girl?
(i) Yes
(ii) No
(iii) Maybe
(iv) None of these
Answer:
(i) Yes.
Question 26:
Why did Velu follow the girl?
(i) He was lonely
(ii) He had no idea where to go
(iii) He was scared
(iv) All of these
Answer:
(ii) He had no idea where to go.
Question 27:
What is the meaning of ‘glumly’?
(i) Lonely
(ii) Secretly
(iii) Warmly
(iv) Sadly
Answer:
(iv) Sadly.
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Question 28:
What did Velu find that kept coming and never stopped for anymore?
(i) Vehicles
(ii) Trains
(iii) People
(iv) The girl
Answer:
(i) Vehicles.
Question 29:
What would happen to Velu if he stand in the middle of the road according to the girl?
(i) Chappati
(ii) Bread
(iii) Chutney
(iv) None of these
Answer:
(iii) Chutney.
Question 30:
Velu looked up at the pictures and the writing was all in ——–.
(i) Urdu
(ii) English
(iii) Hindi
(iv) Tamil
Answer:
(ii) English.
Question 31:
What was the girl pointed as a huge building?
(i) Industry
(ii) Central Jail
(iii) School
(iv) Bunglow
Answer:
(ii) Central jail.
Question 32:
‘If was still morning but the sun blasted down on the far and Velu’s —– burned’
(i) Hand
(ii) Head
(iii) Nect
(iv) Bare foot
Answer:
(iv) Bare foot.
Question 33:
‘She walked really ——.’
(i) Fast
(ii) Slow
(iii) Hurry
(iv) None of these
Answer:
(i) Fast.
Question 34:
‘After almost an hour walking, they stopped in front of a big building ——.’
(i) Sri Rajeshwari Prasanna Kalyana Mandapam
(ii) Sri Rajasmaheswari Prasanna Kalyana Mandapam
(iii) Sri Rajarajeshwari Prasanna Kalyana Mandapam
(iv) Sri Rajarajeshwari Kalyana Prasanna Mandapam
Answer:
(iii) Sri Rajarajeshwari Prasanna Kalyana Mandapam.
Question 35:
What did the girl do by pulling one rose from the car?
(i) Stored in her sack
(ii) Stuck in her hair
(iii) Smelled it
(iv) None of these
Answer:
(ii) Stuck in her hair.
Question 36:
What was there behind the big hall?
(i) Market
(ii) Big field
(iii) Garbage bin
(iv) All of these
Answer:
(iii) Garbage bin.
Question 37:
What were the goats fighting for?
(i) Vada
(ii) Banana
(iii) Plastic bags
(iv) Banana left
Answer:
(iv) Banana left.
Question 38:
Who were fighting for a banana leaf?
(i) The girl and Velu
(ii) Two goats
(iii) Two dogs
(iv) Two cats
Answer:
(ii) Two goats.
Question 39:
What did the girl gave Velu to eat?
(i) Squashy banana
(ii) Vada
(iii) Both (i) & (ii)
(iv) None of these
Answer:
(iii) Both (i) & (ii).
Question 40:
Did Velu eat the banana and Vada?
(i) Yes
(ii) No
(iii) Maybe
(iv) Not mentioned
Answer:
(i) Yes.
Question 41:
How many more Velu could have eaten?
(i) Three
(ii) Five
(iii) Four
(iv) Ten
Answer:
(iv) Ten.
Question 42:
‘If you’re still hungry, you’ll have to wait for them to finish ——.’
(i) Breakfast
(ii) Lunch
(iii) Dinner
(iv) None of these
Answer:
(ii) Lunch.
Question 43:
What was the name of the girl?
(i) Jaya
(ii) Maya
(iii) Meera
(iv) Anu
Answer:
(i) Jaya.
Question 44:
Why Jaya go back to home?
(i) She was tired
(ii) She forgot to bring something
(iii) To carry another bag
(iv) None of these
Answer:
(iii) To carry another bag.
Question 45:
“Come if you want this bag is —–, I have to go home…..’
(i) Empty
(ii) Heavy
(iii) Torn
(iv) Full
Answer:
(iv) Full.
Question 46:
“We are in Triplicane now, See, that’s Buckingham Canal” – Who said this?
(i) Velu
(ii) Jaya
(iii) Jaya’s friend
(iv) None of these
Answer:
(ii) Jaya.
Question 47:
Velu had ever seen strongest huts. What were they built of?
(i) Metal Sheets
(ii) Tyres, bricks
(iii) Wood, plastic
(iv) All of these
Answer:
(iv) All of these.
Question 48:
How the houses were made with ion Velu’s village?
(i) Mud
(ii) Pain leaves
(iii) Both (i) & (ii)
(iv) Woods
Answer:
(ii) Both (i) & (ii).
Question 49:
“….Here, wear these and come with me” – what did Jaya him to were?
(i) A pair of old shoes
(ii) Old shirt
(iii) Sunglass
(iv) Banian
Answer:
(i) A pair of old shoes.
Question 50:
What was the only work Velu ever did?
(i) Ploughing
(ii) Weeding
(iii) Taking cows to graze
(iv) Both (i) & (iii)
Answer:
(iv) Both (i) & (iii).
Question 51:
‘The only work he had ever done was on the ——-.’
(i) Industries
(ii) Landowner’s form
(iii) Tea stall
(iv) All of these
Answer:
(ii) Landowner’s form.
Question 52:
‘Velu had never heard of such a thing ‘ – what was that ‘thing’?
(i) Singing in the street
(ii) No farmers in town
(iii) Collecting rubbish
(iv) Working as a labour
Answer:
(iii) Collecting rubbish.
Question 53:
Where were the things ragpicker collect?
(i) Paper
(ii) Plastic
(iii) Glass
(iv) All of these
Answer:
(iv) All of these.
Question 54:
Tick the correct sentence –
(i) We sell it to jam bazaar Jaggu
(ii) We buy it from jam Bazaar Jaggu
(iii) We sell it to Ram bazaar Jaggu
(iv) We sell it to Jam market Jaggu
Answer:
(i) We sell it to Jam Bazaar Jaggu.
Question 55:
Why Jam Bazaar Jaggu buy rubbish?
(i) To decorate
(ii) To make the ragpickers happy
(iii) To sell it to a factory
(iv) None of these
Answer:
(iii) To sell it to a factory.
Question 56:
Until Velu find a better Job, what did he decide to do?
(i) Sit on the platform
(ii) Go and work with Jaya
(iii) He would not move from there
(iv) None of these
Answer:
(ii) Go and work with Jaya.
Question 57:
The meaning of ‘blockhead’ –
(i) Intelligent
(ii) Carry
(iii) Mad
(iv) Fool
Answer:
(iv) Fool.
Question 58:
Name the author of the story ‘Children at work’.
(i) Gita wolf
(ii) Anushka Ravishankar
(iii) Orijit Sen
(iv) All of them
Answer:
(iv) All of them.
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